Store-service apparatus



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- 11. B WILSON.

STORE SERVIGE APPARATUS.

No. 478,038. Patented June 28,- 1892.

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I R. B. WILSON.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

Patented June 28, 1-892.

; VUNITEI) STATES PATENT. ()FFICE.

ROBERT B. WILSON, or OINOINNAT Y OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIREC AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE WILSON IMPROVED STORE SERvIcE GOM- PANY, OF KENTUCKY.

sTO- E-S RVIOE AP ARA US;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 478,038, dated June 28,1892. Application 1115.1 August 27,1891 Serial No. 403,898. (N5 time.)

To all whom it may, concern: sides and having secured to them the plates Be it known that I, ROBERT E. WILSON, a H, which carrythe rollers G. The track-rails citizen of the United States,'residing at Cincin A A fit between the two upper and the two nati, in the county of Hamilton and State of lower rollers of each set, as shown, the roll- 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful ers embracing'the rails and holding the car- Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of rier thereon. In addition to the four sets of which the following is adescriptiomreference rollers G the carrier is provided with four being had to the accompanying drawings, rollers J, one carried upon a vertical pivot at forming part of this specification. each of the 'four corners of the frame of the IO My invention relates to thatclass of store-v carrier. Theserollers bear against the inner service apparatus in which the carriers are sides of the rails A and steady the carrier propelled by an endless cable; and it consists and relieve friction between its sides and the in the improved construction of the carriers rails. themselves and in the means for carrying The above-described means of supporting I5 them around bends in the track, especially the carrier upon;the track-rails by the four around upward bends where the carriers are sets of rollers G, connected by the plates H, to pass from one floor of the establishment to fast upon the ends of the rock-shaft I, pera floor above. Its novelty will be herein set mits the carrier-to travel freely around the forth, and specifically pointed out in the bends in the track, the rocking of the plates 20 claims. H permitting the rollers of each set to accom- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 modate themselves to the shape of the track, represents aside elevation Of"l7he t1a(3k and while therollers J prevent the sides of the cable, an upward bend in the track, the device carrier coming in contact with the rails and v for supporting the track and cable around causing friction. 2 5 said bend, and a carrier upon the track. Fig. While I prefer to secure the plates I-I fast 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. upon the opposite ends of the rock-shafts I, l,showing one of the supporting-brackets and so that the opposite plates and their sets of the carrier passing through the same. Fig. 3 rollers will rock together, yet the plates may is an enlarged side elevation of. the carrier; be independently mounted upon the shafts or 30 Fig. 4 a top plan view, and Fig. 5 an end eleupon the frame of the carrier and the Shafts Vation, of the same. dispensed with. Also, the four sets of rollers The same letters of reference are used to G may be employed without the rollers J; but

indicate identical parts in all the figures. the conjoint use of all of them is highly ad- The track consists of two rails AA, prefervantageous. 8

5 ably composed of tubing, as shown by the I do not deem it necessary to illustrate and cross-section in Fig.2. At the bend shown in describe the particular construction of the Fig. 1 they are supported by brackets B, fixed gripping mechanism for gripping the carrier to any suitable supports. The brackets are to the cable, since any usual or suitable mechconnected by a curved frame 0, in which are anism may be employed for that purpose. It

4o journaled the rollers D, which carry thecable 'will suflice to say that I purpose .using sub- E around the bend. stantially the same mechanism that is shown The carrier F travels between the trackin my prior patent, No. 454,793, of June 23,

rails A A and is mounted and secured upon 1891, parts of which mechanismappear in the them by means of foursets of rollers G. There drawings. The two sets of grips K 7 project 5 5 are four rollers in each set, journaled at the below the carrier, as shown, and are operated four corners of a plate H, which is fast upon to grip and release the cable by a frame L. the end of a rock-shaft I. There are two of This frame is hung at one end upon a transthese rock-shafts, one near each end of the verse shaft M, and a spiral spring N, coiled carrier. They are suitably mounted in the around the shaft and connected to the frame, I00

50 frame of the carrier and extend transversely serves to yieldingly hold up the opposite end across it, their ends projecting beyond its of the frame in the position shown in the I V v drawings. The cross-rod O of the frame projects beyond it at each side into position to ride under suitable trips to depress the frame and open the grip-jaws at the proper side track or at the cashiers desk, as described in my prior patent above referred to.

- As the carrier passes around a bend, such as shown in Fig. l, the cable is pulled away from the rollers D to the outer side of the to track and the carrier passes around the curve between the cable and the rollers, as seen in Fig. 2, where the normal position of the cable is indicated by the dotted lines.

In the drawings I have shown simply the frame of the carrier. The cash box or receptacle is fitted and secured in this frame in any suitable manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- 1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the track-rails A A, the carrier F between them, the rocking plates II, and the; four sets of rollers G, mounted upon said plates and embracing the track-rails, substan tially as and for the purpose described.

2. In astore-service apparatus, the combination of the track-rails A A, the carrier F, traveling between them, the rock-shafts I, the plates H, fast upon the rock-shafts, and the four sets of rollers G, four rollers in each set, mounted upon the plates II and embracing the track-rails, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3.' In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the track-rails A A, the carrier F, traveling between them, the rocking plates H, the four sets of rollers G, mounted upon said plates and embracing the track-rails, and the four rollers .1, bearing against the inner sides of the track-rails, substantially as and for the purpose described. 7

4. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the track-rails A A, having the upward curve therein, the brackets B, supporting the rails, the frame C, connecting the brackets, the rollers D, mounted in the frame 0 on axes substantially parallel with the plane of the track-rails A A, the cable E, passed around the curve upon the rollers, and the carrier F, embraced by the track-rails and gripped to the cable and adapted to travel around the curve between the cable and the rollers D, substantially as described.

ROBERT E. WILSON.

IVitnesses: CHAS. M. PEOK, E. H. MOCKBEE. 

